(a) General rule.--For purposes of enhancing child support enforcement activities, including the location of individuals, the establishment of paternity and the enforcement of child support obligations pursuant to this subchapter, a Commonwealth directory of new hires shall be established within the Department of Labor and Industry.
(b) Duty of employer.--Except as provided in subsection (c), each employer doing business in this Commonwealth shall provide the following information regarding a newly hired employee to the Commonwealth directory of new hires: name; home address; Social Security number; date of hire; the employer's name and address; the identifying number assigned to the employer under section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. ยง 6109); and the name and telephone number of an employer contact. The information may be submitted on a form provided by the Department of Labor and Industry or by attaching the date of hire and name and telephone number of an employer contact to the W-4 form submitted for the newly hired employee. The information may be transmitted by first class mail, magnetically, electronically or by another method authorized by the directory of new hires.
(c) Employees in two or more states.--An employer that employs individuals in two or more states and that transmits reports magnetically or electronically may comply with subsection (b) by designating one of its offices located in a state in which the employer has employees to send the required report to the Commonwealth directory of new hires. An employer that transmits reports pursuant to this subsection shall notify the Commonwealth directory of new hires and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in writing as to which state such employer has designated to send the report required under subsection (b). If the Commonwealth is so designated, the employer shall transmit information in accordance with this subchapter, including the newly hired employee's state of hire, and shall comply with all procedures adopted under this subchapter.
(d) Time for submission.--The information required under subsection (b) shall be submitted by the employer to the Commonwealth directory of new hires no later than 20 days from the date of hire of a newly hired employee. In the case of a magnetic or electronic transmission of the information, the employer may comply by making two monthly transmissions not less than 12 days nor more than 16 days apart.
Cross References. Section 4392 is referred to in section 4326 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 43 - Support Matters Generally
Section 4301 - Scope of chapter
Section 4303 - Information to consumer reporting agency
Section 4304 - Cooperation of Commonwealth agencies (Repealed)
Section 4304.1 - Cooperation of government and nongovernment agencies
Section 4305 - General administration of support matters
Section 4306 - Duties of Title IV-D attorney
Section 4307 - State income tax intercept
Section 4308 - Lottery winnings intercept
Section 4308.1 - Collection of overdue support from monetary awards
Section 4309 - Publication of delinquent support obligors
Section 4321 - Liability for support
Section 4322 - Support guideline
Section 4323 - Support of emancipated child
Section 4324 - Inclusion of spousal medical support
Section 4325 - Payment of order of support
Section 4326 - Mandatory inclusion of child medical support
Section 4327 - Postsecondary educational costs
Section 4341 - Commencement of support actions or proceedings
Section 4342 - Expedited procedure
Section 4344 - Contempt for failure of obligor to appear
Section 4345 - Contempt for noncompliance with support order
Section 4346 - Contempt for noncompliance with visitation or partial custody order (Repealed)
Section 4347 - Security for attendance or performance
Section 4348 - Attachment of income
Section 4349 - Consolidation of proceedings
Section 4350 - Effect of appeal
Section 4352 - Continuing jurisdiction over support orders
Section 4354 - Willful failure to pay support order
Section 4355 - Denial or suspension of licenses
Section 4361 - Execution of support order against entireties property
Section 4362 - Plaintiff's share of proceeds of sale
Section 4363 - Trustee to distribute proceeds of sale
Section 4364 - Credit to plaintiff who purchases property
Section 4365 - Rights of divorced person in entireties property sold for support
Section 4366 - Other enforcement remedies preserved
Section 4372 - Establishment of Title IV-D program
Section 4373 - Administration of Title IV-D program
Section 4374 - State disbursement unit
Section 4375 - Access to records
Section 4376 - Central registry
Section 4377 - Power to expedite support cases
Section 4378 - Assistance recipients to seek support
Section 4379 - Cooperation required
Section 4380 - Enforcement of cooperation requirements
Section 4381 - Garnishment of wages of Commonwealth employees
Section 4392 - Employer reporting
Section 4393 - Use of information